Numbers 19:6:7Num.19.6.W7TAB
תוֹלָ֑עַת
tolaat
“wool”
- Transliteration
- to-LA-at
- Extended
- toh-LAA-aht
- IPA
- /toˈlaː.ʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- wool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
to-LA-at
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-NI to-LA-at
- clause
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN ETS E-rez ve-e-ZOV u-she-NI to-LA-at
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH ha-ko-HEN ETS E-rez ve-e-ZOV u-she-NI to-LA-at ve-hish-LIKH el-TOKH se-RE-fat ha-pa-RA
Exegesis
The coordinated list etz and erez {עֵץ אֶרֶז | ʿēṣ ʾē-rez}, vezov {וְאֵז֖וֹב | wə-ʾē-zōv}, and ushni tolaat {וּשְׁנִ֣י תוֹלָ֑עַת | ū-šə-nî tô-lā-ʿāṯ} underscores the parallelism of ingredients, while the construct ushni tolaat links the scarlet hue to its worm-based origin.
Root and etymology
t-l-ʿtav–lamed–ayin
“worm/dye”
In context — Numbers 19:6
And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them into the midst of the heifer’s burning.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 19:6, so the Hebrew word תוֹלָ֑עַת (tolaat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.19.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.6.W7.S1) and character.